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This is not pdf-basic info - take this email off.... ----- Original Message ----- From: "davidogilvie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2003 9:20 PM Subject: [PDF-Basics] Errors on printed PDFs from Illustrator 10 > > PDF-Basics is a service provided by PDFzone.com | http://www.pdfzone.com/ > __________________________________________________________________ > > My printing bureau recently had a problem printing an Illustrator PDF > version I had supplied them of a simple Illustrator10 graphics file. > Everything looked OK on my monitor, my Epson C70 printer when I printed the > file at home, and the monitor at the printers, however when 50 hard copies > were printed, there were some strange errors: > > * A rectangular patch had shifted position leaving a glaring gap > * A rectangular area with a different shade appeared around some type which > had a soft drop shadow. > * A darker rectangular area had appeared arbitrarily over a graduated blue > rectangle. > > The printer has blamed me for the debacle, refusing to reprint them, saying > that what you see of a PDF file on screen is not necessarily what you get > when you print it out, and that results my differ depending on whether you > print on a Post Script or non-Post Script printer. > > This makes some sort of twisted sense, but how the hell can I trust any PDFs > I've made from my graphics software (Illustrator10, Photoshop7, and > InDesign2) will print correctly when I send them to printers? Obviously I > will insist on printers' proofs for every job that I control from now on, > but how do I monitor PDFs emailed to clients that haven't or can't be > proofed first? I thought PDFs were supposed to be rock solid. > > David Ogilvie > AnteVellum design + typography > 1/24 George Street > Greenwich > NSW 2065 > Australia > Phone/Fax (612) 9436 3043 > > > To change your subscription: > http://www.pdfzone.com/discussions/lists-pdfbasics.html > To change your subscription: http://www.pdfzone.com/discussions/lists-pdfbasics.html
